Description: G222 is a twin-engined, light tactical transport turboprop aircraft developed by Alenia Aeronautica in the 1960s and fielded in the early 1970s. This aircraft is particularly well suited for operations from unprepared runways of 600 meters long conducting short to medium range tactical transport missions. Powered by two General Electric T64-GE-P4D turboshafts, each rated at 3,400-shp, G222 achieves a top speed of 540 kph. The G222 aircraft has been sold to the Italian Air Force and several international Air Forces. In 1990 the United States Air Force procured 10 such aircraft as the C-27A Spartan to perform transport missions in South America.

G222T is the basic version intended to conduct tactical transport missions. Other variants are : G222SAA is a firefighting variant; G222VS is a variant intended to provide electronic intelligence (ELINT); G222R/M radio and radar calibration aircraft; and the noted C-27A Spartan operated by the United States. More than 100 G222s were produced starting in the early 1970s through the early 1990s. In the late 1990s Alenia Aeronautica in partnership with Lockheed Martin developed a very improved variant called the C-27J Spartan. Currently, Italian Air Force's G222s are being replaced by the C-27Js.

On 15 July 2005, Alenia Aeronautica and Nigeria signed a 60 million Euro agreement for refurbishment and logistic support of the G222 aircraft supplied in the 1980s. Nigeria also took over a second-hand G222 airplane within this agreement.